Albert Holmes (footballer, born 1942)

Albert Holmes
Personal information
Full name	Albert Valentine Holmes
Date of birth	14 February 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth	Ecclesfield, England
Position(s)	Full-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1960–1976	Chesterfield.
1976–19??	Boston United
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Holmes (born 14 February 1942) is an English footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League with Chesterfield between 1961–62 and 1975–76.^[1]

He was a fitter with the East Midlands Gas Board, and played football for them before signing semi-pro for Chesterfield in 1960, and became a full professional the following year.^[2] He went on to make a total of 514 senior appearances for the club (scoring 10 goals).^[3] Of these, 470 were League appearances, putting him, as of May 2014^[update], in fourth position on the all-time league appearance list for Chesterfield.^[4]

After leaving Chesterfield he moved to Boston United.^[1] His son Paul was also a professional footballer.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Albert Holmes". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Albert Holmes". Chesterfield F.C. 2 December 2007. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012.
^ allfootballers.com Michael Joyce (subscription required) Archived 11 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ Basson, Stuart (3 May 2014). "Chesterfield Players with 100 or More Football League Appearances" (PDF). Chesterfield F.C. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

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[fl-1] "Albert Holmes". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

[chest-2] "Albert Holmes". Chesterfield F.C. 2 December 2007. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012.

[3] tballers.com Michael Joyce (subscription required) Archived 11 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Basson, Stuart (3 May 2014). "Chesterfield Players with 100 or More Football League Appearances" (PDF). Chesterfield F.C. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

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Albert Holmes (footballer, born 1942)

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